Being Urban: A Sociology of City Life
- ISBN-10
- 0275956474
- ISBN-13
- 9780275956479
- Series
- Being Urban
- Category
- City and town life
- Pages
- 338
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Praeger
- Authors
- William C. Yoels, David A. Karp, Gregory Prentice Stone
Description
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Issues and Perspectives in Urban Sociology -- Chapter 1: Classical Conceptions of Urban Life -- Chapter 2: Classical Observations of Urban Life -- Part II: Experiencing City Life -- Chapter 3: The Rediscovery of Community -- Chapter 4: The Social Organization of Everyday City Life -- Chapter 5: Lifestyle Diversity and Urban Tolerance -- Chapter 6: Women in Cities -- Part III: Urban Institutions and Social Change -- Chapter 7: Power, Politics, and Problems -- Chapter 8: Sports and Urban Life -- Chapter 9: Arts in the City -- Chapter 10: New Urban Dynamics: Gentrification, Suburbanization, Globalization, and the Federal Divestiture -- References -- Index -- About the Authors
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